Does anybody have the specific dates for these things? I can not seem to find it anywhere. Also, mine has a build date of 8-2000 so I have the forged right?
Also, I know there are people running 400hp on pmr's but what could you run on the forged rods? Just curious.

 

10/16/00 is supposed to be "the" day of the switch. People have found forged rods in thier trucks after that date, but not many. Mine was built 09/12/00 and I have verified that it is forged, so it's a safe assumption that yours is as well.

There are precious few making 400 on PMR's, other than the 6.0's. 400 is an all day every day # for a forged motor.

 

thanks cookie, I really appreciate the info.

 

Just the thought of having those in my truck scares me; but the price to have them changed out scares me too. So let's see, get a pre-01 and get the good rods, or get a post-01 and get the Dana 60.....hmmm, I couldn't decide so I got the worst of both worlds. lol

 

if your running stock injectors, and very mild pane, no no2, no water meth i havent seen alot of pmr failures on like that.

 

there is an inspection hole on the side of the block. you can remove it to see what you got. i was trying to post a link to detailed instructions but it wont let me. click here then once there click on the di products and tech gallery, then 7.3 inspection hole gallery.

 

Not sure how many SD's with Forged Rods puked their guts out but heres what happened to one of my PMR's.And were not talkin about a Hot Rod Motor here either.

 

ouch, mrbass, that had to hurt a little, any warning or did it just go kaput?

 

1997F-350,
I believe the "inspection hole" you're referring to is a hole in the block caused by a connecting rod failure.

 

I believe what happened to MR Bass is a failure of a defective rod. He never made over 300hp. It has already been proven PMR can go 400hp. So stay within this range with PMR.
Same as the transmission. Some fail very soon with stock hp if there is a defect. And others seem to last forever even with mild tuning. But again there is a limit to the trans. I don't know what the numbers are but you should stay within the limits.
So from an engineering standpoint, if you know the limits of these components don't go over them. You have to know your stock limits when you want to make more power!
If you want to go over these limits, then you have to beef them up.

 

poor pmr folks. but seriously that link just takes you to motorhaven i guess we cant link some good info here anymore.

 

If you look just above your oil pan's driver's side there is a plug. That's the inspection hole. Is also where I dumped the oil back into the oil pan when I installed my Oilguard bypass.

 

Be careful, however, there are two plugs. One of them is the block drain port for the coolant. Taking it out will give you a wet surprise!

You want the one closest to the oil filter base, and closest to the pan mating surface. The higher one will get you wet!

Pop

 

If I remember correctly the coolant drain plug is smaller than the inspection plug.

 

i am sure my 02 has those pieces of crap... THANKS FORD..! i only run my 85hp tune on my predator when empty... tow tune when towing... i'm not even making 350hp when i run the 85hp tune, so, i should be ok... my mule runs really really good... i hope she keeps on doing that for a long long time..!